EDITORIAL: War’s invisible wounds
Mason is one of many veterans suffering from PTSD
Published: Thursday, Dec 30, 2010 05:01AM
Every month, Americans return from military duty in Iraq and Afghanistan having seen intense combat. Researchers estimate that nearly 20 percent of the 1.6 million veterans of these wars suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
That’s a cold statistic. Each of those more than 300,000 veterans has a face and a name. One of them is Michael Thomas Mason. He’s the 27-year-old Springfield man who was shot and wounded by two Eugene police officers Dec. 15 after Mason fired shots in the Valley River Center parking lot.
Mason remains in intensive care, recovering from wounds that left him mostly paralyzed from the neck down. His medical condition is tenuous — Lane County District Attorney Alex Gardner described it as “touch and go.”
Gardner called a news conference Tuesday to announce his finding that the two officers who shot Mason were justified in doing so. It was a reasonable decision, even though it is certain to be criticized by some in the community who believe the city’s police officers are too quick to resort to lethal force.
After randomly firing multiple gunshots that injured no one and struck a car in the parking lot, Mason left the mall and drove to the Santa Clara area. Police confronted Mason as he sat in his stopped sport utility vehicle, ordering him to put both hands out the window. Mason dropped a handgun out the window but reached back into his vehicle several times, not responding to officers’ commands and leading them to believe he might be reaching for a second gun.
The officers fired three times. Two bullets hit Mason, one striking his spinal column.
In addition to announcing that the police shooting was justified, Gardner said he would not prosecute Mason for the mall shootings, saying the veteran was in the throes of a PTSD episode at the time of the incident.
Gardner cited Mason’s extensive combat record: He arrived in Iraq as a member of the 173rd Airborne Light Infantry Brigade shortly after the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Mason saw repeated and intense combat during his yearlong tour in Iraq, and he was cited by superiors for bravery under intense and prolonged fire and his efforts to protect fellow soldiers. Mason, who also served as a combat medic, later was for a year sent to Afghanistan, where he also saw heavy fighting.
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Mason is one of many veterans suffering from PTSD
When you take a person, train them to kill, you get someone that usually does not miss when they aim. This veteran could have hit people if that was what he wanted to do. His shots were called random but that in itself shows he was not aiming to hit people. Shoppers were terrified all the same. Justice in this case is that this veteran needs help and it looks like he will finally get it but true justice would have been to get him help before it ever reached a point like this.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
First Responders, Rescuers Come Forward With PTSD
First Responders, Rescuers Come Forward With PTSD
by NPR STAFF
December 30, 2010
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a condition closely associated with the battlefield. But Michael Ferrara developed PTSD without going to war — he spent three decades living and saving lives in Aspen, Colo., as a search-and-rescue man, ski patrol officer, paramedic and firefighter.
After several years, horrific images from those rescues started playing over and over in his mind.
"Little by little, it just started to build, and then one day, the slideshow that was all these events started running in my head and I couldn't control it," Ferrara says. He was seeing "an eviscerated man from an automobile crash"; burned, dismembered bodies; and climbers who had fallen 2,000 feet.
Therapy has helped him, but Ferrara says such rescues are very difficult, especially when his good friends are killed, which has happened numerous times.
We have to recognize that having this stuff mess with your head is not abnormal. You're not supposed to see stuff like this.
- Michael Ferrara, veteran first responder
"The last one was a very close friend of mine in December of 2008 who had been killed in an avalanche," Ferrara tells NPR's Audie Cornish. "I was at bottom at that point."
Ferrara says he handled it by isolating himself. "I didn’t leave the house," he says, "and I had begun using Percocet that had been prescribed for physical ailments for my emotional trauma."
'Why Would You Be Fine After That?'
Ferrara isn't alone in his experience — other rescuers and first responders have had to cope with their own post-traumatic stress. Hampton Sides, a writer for Outside magazine, covered Ferrara's case and other cases of civilian PTSD in the January issue of the magazine.
"It's only recently become apparent that PTSD is rampant among the community of first responders," Sides says. "I think that the last community that has come to recognize this has been these mountain communities — these people who essentially get to do what they love to do, and yet they come across this trauma. They see these horrible things — often people that they know."
Sides says that part of the reason for the lack of diagnosis of PTSD is the culture of the responders themselves. "There's the kind of 'he-man' quality to this," he says. "These guys don't like to recognize when they're hurting."
Ferrara recounts the story from several years ago of a young man riding his motorcycle on a mountain road who was hit by an 18-wheeler.
"He was conscious when I got there, begging me not to let him die," Ferrrara says. "He died on me, in my arms. And I talked to a psychologist afterward, and she said, 'How are you doing?' And I said, 'Ah, I'm fine.' And she said, 'Why would you be fine? You've just had a man beg for his life die in your arms. Why would you be fine after that?' "
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First Responders, Rescuers Come Forward With PTSD
by NPR STAFF
December 30, 2010
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a condition closely associated with the battlefield. But Michael Ferrara developed PTSD without going to war — he spent three decades living and saving lives in Aspen, Colo., as a search-and-rescue man, ski patrol officer, paramedic and firefighter.
After several years, horrific images from those rescues started playing over and over in his mind.
"Little by little, it just started to build, and then one day, the slideshow that was all these events started running in my head and I couldn't control it," Ferrara says. He was seeing "an eviscerated man from an automobile crash"; burned, dismembered bodies; and climbers who had fallen 2,000 feet.
Therapy has helped him, but Ferrara says such rescues are very difficult, especially when his good friends are killed, which has happened numerous times.
We have to recognize that having this stuff mess with your head is not abnormal. You're not supposed to see stuff like this.
- Michael Ferrara, veteran first responder
"The last one was a very close friend of mine in December of 2008 who had been killed in an avalanche," Ferrara tells NPR's Audie Cornish. "I was at bottom at that point."
Ferrara says he handled it by isolating himself. "I didn’t leave the house," he says, "and I had begun using Percocet that had been prescribed for physical ailments for my emotional trauma."
'Why Would You Be Fine After That?'
Ferrara isn't alone in his experience — other rescuers and first responders have had to cope with their own post-traumatic stress. Hampton Sides, a writer for Outside magazine, covered Ferrara's case and other cases of civilian PTSD in the January issue of the magazine.
"It's only recently become apparent that PTSD is rampant among the community of first responders," Sides says. "I think that the last community that has come to recognize this has been these mountain communities — these people who essentially get to do what they love to do, and yet they come across this trauma. They see these horrible things — often people that they know."
Sides says that part of the reason for the lack of diagnosis of PTSD is the culture of the responders themselves. "There's the kind of 'he-man' quality to this," he says. "These guys don't like to recognize when they're hurting."
Ferrara recounts the story from several years ago of a young man riding his motorcycle on a mountain road who was hit by an 18-wheeler.
"He was conscious when I got there, begging me not to let him die," Ferrrara says. "He died on me, in my arms. And I talked to a psychologist afterward, and she said, 'How are you doing?' And I said, 'Ah, I'm fine.' And she said, 'Why would you be fine? You've just had a man beg for his life die in your arms. Why would you be fine after that?' "
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First Responders, Rescuers Come Forward With PTSD
Police: Man Stole Video Games From Teen's Casket
Police: Man Stole Video Games From Teen's Casket
Dec 30, 2010 – 8:00 AM
Theunis Bates
Contributor
A Pennsylvania man was arrested for snatching video games out of the casket of a teenager who died in a Christmas Day car crash, police say.
They said Jody Bennett, 37, grabbed a Game Boy from the coffin of family friend Bradley McCombs, 17, during a Monday night wake in Montgomery Township, 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The boy's uncle, Robert McCombs Jr., confronted the robber outside the funeral, and Bennett handed back the Game Boy, The Tribune-Democrat reported.
However, when the uncle returned to the open-casket viewing, the family realized that three game cartridges and a Game Boy light also were missing. The stolen items were worth $46.90, according to The Tribune-Democrat.
Police recovered one of the cartridges but don't know what happened to the other items, Sgt. Michael Schmidt told The Associated Press.
"I can confidently say this is the first time in my 22 years that I've had anybody go into the funeral home while the family was there and take something right under their noses and try to get away with it," Schmidt said.
Bradley McCombs -- an avid video games player -- died on Christmas morning when he lost control of his SUV and smashed into a utility pole.
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Man Stole Video Games From Teen's Casket
Dec 30, 2010 – 8:00 AM
Theunis Bates
Contributor
A Pennsylvania man was arrested for snatching video games out of the casket of a teenager who died in a Christmas Day car crash, police say.
They said Jody Bennett, 37, grabbed a Game Boy from the coffin of family friend Bradley McCombs, 17, during a Monday night wake in Montgomery Township, 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The boy's uncle, Robert McCombs Jr., confronted the robber outside the funeral, and Bennett handed back the Game Boy, The Tribune-Democrat reported.
However, when the uncle returned to the open-casket viewing, the family realized that three game cartridges and a Game Boy light also were missing. The stolen items were worth $46.90, according to The Tribune-Democrat.
Police recovered one of the cartridges but don't know what happened to the other items, Sgt. Michael Schmidt told The Associated Press.
"I can confidently say this is the first time in my 22 years that I've had anybody go into the funeral home while the family was there and take something right under their noses and try to get away with it," Schmidt said.
Bradley McCombs -- an avid video games player -- died on Christmas morning when he lost control of his SUV and smashed into a utility pole.
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Man Stole Video Games From Teen's Casket
PTSD made war hero a homefront casualty
PTSD made war hero a homefront casualty
By Kelly Koopmans KVAL News
EUGENE, Ore. - The son of a retired Eugene police officer, Michael Mason returned from two tours of the Middle East a decorated war hero.
According to documents obtained by KVAL News, the Army awarded Mason with awards for valor and heroism during wartime.
Mason “voluntarily exposed himself to direct and effective enemy fire” to protect his fellow soldiers in 2005, according to award recommendations.
"He was the kind of young man that every family in every community hopes to raise," said Alex Gardner, the Lane County district attorney.
Mason is now mostly paralyzed from the neck down, the result of being shot by Eugene police officers responding to a report of shots fired at a shopping mall.
Hero 'watched firsthand the loss of dozens of his fellow soldiers'
Four years and two tours of the Middle East took a traumatizing toll on Mason’s mental stability.
“He watched firsthand the loss of dozens of his fellow soldiers during his combat service,” said Mason’s sister Sara Mason.
Gardner said Mason witnessed the deaths of at least 26 fellow soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And two Wednesdays before Christmas 2010, Mason went shopping at Valley River Center - and snapped.
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PTSD made war hero a homefront casualty
By Kelly Koopmans KVAL News
EUGENE, Ore. - The son of a retired Eugene police officer, Michael Mason returned from two tours of the Middle East a decorated war hero.
According to documents obtained by KVAL News, the Army awarded Mason with awards for valor and heroism during wartime.
Mason “voluntarily exposed himself to direct and effective enemy fire” to protect his fellow soldiers in 2005, according to award recommendations.
"He was the kind of young man that every family in every community hopes to raise," said Alex Gardner, the Lane County district attorney.
Mason is now mostly paralyzed from the neck down, the result of being shot by Eugene police officers responding to a report of shots fired at a shopping mall.
Hero 'watched firsthand the loss of dozens of his fellow soldiers'
Four years and two tours of the Middle East took a traumatizing toll on Mason’s mental stability.
“He watched firsthand the loss of dozens of his fellow soldiers during his combat service,” said Mason’s sister Sara Mason.
Gardner said Mason witnessed the deaths of at least 26 fellow soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And two Wednesdays before Christmas 2010, Mason went shopping at Valley River Center - and snapped.
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PTSD made war hero a homefront casualty
Freeport disabled Vietnam Vet faces homelessness
The good news is that Bank of America is working with him now to save his home. The bad news is how it got to the point where he had to worry about how to support himself in the first place.
Freeport veteran faces homelessness
by Brad Woodard / 11 News
khou.com
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Updated today at 8:23 AM
HOUSTON -- A local veteran is struggling to hold on to his home and he's not alone. Since the foreclosure crisis began four years ago, it has claimed five million homes.
John Aguirre says his heart is in pieces.
"Sometimes I just want to swallow a bullet," the 58-year-old man said.
A veteran of the Marine Corps and U.S. Army who served in Vietnam, Aguirre later worked for a lawn and tree service until old injuries and declining health forced him to quit.
"I've been going to the V.A. hospital for depression, stress, heart problems and blood pressure," said Aguirre.
He's in the process of seeking full disability benefits from the V.A., but with no income to speak of, Aguirre had no choice but to move in with his mother who passed away in April.
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Freeport veteran faces homelessness
VFW learning it is all veterans or none
When the established service organizations fail to adapt to take care of all veterans, they end up with shrinking numbers resulting in less power to be heard by Washington. Above that they understand that as an organization helping veterans, they need to change the way they do things to fit the needs of newer veterans as well as older ones.
VFW seeks reform of image as old man's drinking club by reaching out to younger vets, women
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
Associated Press
December 29, 2010, 7:42 a.m.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars' post in Leavenworth traditionally was dominated by aged ex-servicemen. But in recent years a revolution has occurred in the Kansas Army town, with a new young leadership transforming the post into a center providing support and entertainment for male and female veterans of all ages and conflicts.
It's a scene that the VFW, considered the nation's largest and most active organization advocating for military veterans, is burnishing as several hundred thousand of its mainstay members — World War II veterans — die each year.
"We have to battle that perception that we are an old man's club," said Lynn W. Rolf III, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and the commander of the Leavenworth post. "We have to transform ourselves or we won't survive."
Since its peak membership in 1992, the VFW's ranks have fallen from 2.17 million to 1.49 million nationwide. About 500,000 of its members are above the age of 80 while just about 100,000 are under the age of 39.
John Barrett said the WWII vets at an Alabama post treated him with such disregard when he returned from Vietnam that he turned his back on the organization back in the 1970s.
"They said it wasn't a real war, that we just went over there and messed around, that we were nothing but a police action and we didn't see what they called 'real combat,'" Barrett said.
"They called us 'baby killers,' and they didn't feel like we should even be in their organization."
When Rolf walked through the door at the Leavenworth post in 2007, he found a bunch of old-timers drinking at the bar.
Sure, they understood combat and all the things that are hard to explain to people who haven't been there.
But Rolf, who had been drinking too much and had been struggling with bad memories of the war in Iraq, said members seemed more focused on what kind of liquor to stock at the bar than with providing support for returning troops and their families.
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R.I. National Guard fights battles abroad and at home
R.I. National Guard fights battles abroad and at home
08:49 AM EST on Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Katie Mulvaney
Journal Staff Writer
They are called citizen soldiers. They work as prison guards, police officers, investment portfolio managers, Harvard University professors. And at any moment, they could be called to fight a war or lend a hand during a natural disaster and leave their jobs and loved ones behind.
They are Rhode Island National Guardsmen and women, and they trace their history to the first Colonial defense force started in Portsmouth in 1638. Today, they number 3,300, with 2,200 in the Army National Guard and 1,100 in the Air National Guard. They serve at the behest of the U.S. president and Rhode Island’s governor, fulfilling federal and state missions under Adjutant Gen. Robert T. Bray’s leadership.
And since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, they’ve seen the country’s second-highest per-capita deployment rate behind South Dakota with 5,600 mobilizations — a figure only surpassed in Rhode Island during the Civil War. They are in demand because they are skilled in providing support services to soldiers on the frontlines as military police officers and helicopter pilots.
In addition, as the governor’s militia, 614 Rhode Island National guardsmen and guardswomen helped with traffic control and evacuations during the spring floods. Another 206 were activated to assist during Hurricane Earl.
“There’s a minuteman ethos to drop their figurative plowshares and pick up their muskets,” says Lt. Col. Denis J. Riel, spokesman for the state Guard.
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National Guard fights battles abroad and at home
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War hits home for family of newly deployed captain from R.I. National Guard
08:49 AM EST on Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Katie Mulvaney
Journal Staff Writer
While Cummings has had success re-acclimating, other Rhode Island National Guardsmen had a tough year. Three guardsmen committed suicide within 30 days early in the year and a fourth died two months earlier in an accidental drowning.
They are called citizen soldiers. They work as prison guards, police officers, investment portfolio managers, Harvard University professors. And at any moment, they could be called to fight a war or lend a hand during a natural disaster and leave their jobs and loved ones behind.
They are Rhode Island National Guardsmen and women, and they trace their history to the first Colonial defense force started in Portsmouth in 1638. Today, they number 3,300, with 2,200 in the Army National Guard and 1,100 in the Air National Guard. They serve at the behest of the U.S. president and Rhode Island’s governor, fulfilling federal and state missions under Adjutant Gen. Robert T. Bray’s leadership.
And since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, they’ve seen the country’s second-highest per-capita deployment rate behind South Dakota with 5,600 mobilizations — a figure only surpassed in Rhode Island during the Civil War. They are in demand because they are skilled in providing support services to soldiers on the frontlines as military police officers and helicopter pilots.
In addition, as the governor’s militia, 614 Rhode Island National guardsmen and guardswomen helped with traffic control and evacuations during the spring floods. Another 206 were activated to assist during Hurricane Earl.
“There’s a minuteman ethos to drop their figurative plowshares and pick up their muskets,” says Lt. Col. Denis J. Riel, spokesman for the state Guard.
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National Guard fights battles abroad and at home
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War hits home for family of newly deployed captain from R.I. National Guard
Three tour Marine Sniper dead after standoff
UPDATE
Marine's Wife Gives Birth Day After His Death
Friend: Roxanne Gonzales, Baby Doing Well
POSTED: 11:16 pm MST December 30, 2010
SANTA FE, N.M. -- The pregnant wife of a Marine, who died after a shootout with state police in Santa Fe, gave birth to their second child on Thursday.
Lawrence Lujan said his friend, Roxanne Gonzales, gave birth to a baby boy named Cruz.
“Today was a big day for the Gonzales family,” Lujan said. “The baby and Roxanne are doing well. We are kind of in a mixed state.”
Lujan said Gonzales is also mourning the loss of her husband, Diego Gonzales. State police said they tried pulling Gonzales over after getting reports he kidnapped his wife and their other child, but the Marine shot at them before turning the gun on himself.
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TSA officer kills himself during police shoot out
A TSA spokeswoman confirmed that Diego Gonzalez was a TSA behavior detection officer who had been employed at the Albuquerque Sunport for almost four years.
http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/S1900502.shtml?cat=500
Sister: Man Who Shot Himself Troubled By PTSD
Marine, 27, Dies In Shootout With State Police On I-25
http://www.koat.com/news/26317539/detail.html
Three tour Marine Sniper dead after standoff
December 30, 2010 posted by Chaplain Kathie
The police are not sure if is this veteran shot himself or not but all seem to agree PTSD was behind it all.
Man dead after shootout on I-2527-year-old veteran suffering PTSD may have fired fatal bullet himself
Geoff Grammer | The New Mexican
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Diego Gonzales wanted help.
It didn’t come in time for the 27-year-old Pecos High School graduate, who was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder after two tours of duty in Iraq and another in Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps sniper. He died late Tuesday in a shootout with police on Interstate 25 south of Santa Fe.
It’s still unclear whether the fatal shot came from state police or from Gonzales’ own gun. That won’t be determined until an autopsy is completed by the state Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque.
“He was owning up to the fact that he had problems he knew he had to fix to be the best dad he could be,” said Lawrence Lujan, a childhood friend who spoke on behalf of the Gonzales family. “He did his thing in Iraq, served this country, and did so honorably. God only knows what he saw. But he was affected deeply, and he was seeking treatment for PTSD.”
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Three tour Marine Sniper dead after standoff
Dishonorably discharged man posed as homeless veteran
Reading this my knee-jerk reaction was anger. A veteran living on the streets begging for money is more heartbreaking for most people than to see someone else asking for money. We give to charities, like the Salvation Army, never knowing where our money or clothing goes because we just want to help someone with less than we have. We don't know how they ended up homeless, if it was their "fault" or not any more than we care if they are on drugs or drinking because as humans they have basic needs like clothing, shelter, food and to know that someone thinks they are worth helping. When it comes to veterans, most of us look at them differently because they were willing to die for the rest of us. To see them living on the streets after that is heartbreaking. To have someone claim to be a veteran just to get more money makes us wonder if every other person we see begging claiming to be a veteran is really a veteran or not.
Then I finished reading this coming to the part where it says this faker was dishonorably discharged. I wasn't so angry after that. I wondered if he was one of the 26,000 or more discharged under personality disorder instead of taken care of because they had PTSD. This kind of discharge left them without everything. No income, no help from the VA or service organizations, no jobs and no hope. It would be very interesting to find out why he was discharged but I doubt we'll see any reports getting further into this.
Then I finished reading this coming to the part where it says this faker was dishonorably discharged. I wasn't so angry after that. I wondered if he was one of the 26,000 or more discharged under personality disorder instead of taken care of because they had PTSD. This kind of discharge left them without everything. No income, no help from the VA or service organizations, no jobs and no hope. It would be very interesting to find out why he was discharged but I doubt we'll see any reports getting further into this.
POLICE: Beggar posed as veteran
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 10:59 AM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) -- Police say a homeless man went too far when he impersonated a veteran.
Paul Kaemerer was apprehended by officers Tuesday afternoon when he was seen walking near the I-264 westbound off-ramp to eastbound U.S. 31. A police citation indicates that he was holding a sign that said, "homeless hungry veteran."
When officers asked Kaemerer to prove that he was a veteran, he couldn't do so, according to the report.
Officers quickly became suspicious.
"It is common knowledge that persons will lie about their veteran status to attempt [to] gain additional monies from begging," the citation states.
Police say Kaemerer was disturbing traffic and had previously been warned not to beg for money at that location.
Kaemerer eventually told them that he had been dishonorably discharged from the military and that he was begging for money, police say.
He was charged with misrepresenting his military status, disorderly conduct, standing on a limited-access highway and criminal trespassing.
Beggar posed as veteran
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Richard Blumenthal wants answers for 26,000 wrongfully discharged veterans
Blumenthal backs veterans' personality disorder discharge lawsuit
By MARK SPENCER, mspencer@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
7:05 p.m. EST, December 28, 2010
HARTFORD — —
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday endorsed the efforts of veterans groups to get information from the Department of Defense about troops wrongfully discharged on the basis of personality disorder.
Vietnam Veterans of America and its local chapter in Hartford filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in federal court in New Haven Dec. 16. The suit seeks information from the defense department about why some 26,000 service members since 2001 have been classified as having personality disorders and discharged, making them ineligible for many benefits.
The veterans groups, represented by the veterans' clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School, are concerned that many of those discharged may have post-traumatic stress disorder and are therefore eligible for benefits.
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Blumenthal backs veterans' personality disorder discharge lawsuit
By MARK SPENCER, mspencer@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
7:05 p.m. EST, December 28, 2010
HARTFORD — —
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday endorsed the efforts of veterans groups to get information from the Department of Defense about troops wrongfully discharged on the basis of personality disorder.
Vietnam Veterans of America and its local chapter in Hartford filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in federal court in New Haven Dec. 16. The suit seeks information from the defense department about why some 26,000 service members since 2001 have been classified as having personality disorders and discharged, making them ineligible for many benefits.
The veterans groups, represented by the veterans' clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School, are concerned that many of those discharged may have post-traumatic stress disorder and are therefore eligible for benefits.
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Blumenthal backs veterans' personality disorder discharge lawsuit
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